[joe90]

From how I was taught you don't aim when shooting shotgun (birds/skeet...) you point. Make sure you have a good cheek weld and make it a part of your body. When it swings you look more at your target (the bird/clay) than you do at the sight. Whenever I'm shooting clays or hunting I actually never even notice the sights... See if it works for you when your out shooting and have a good time. Its always a blast.

[Phantom76239]

Took the Mossberg out this past weekend and shot the new out of it. Flawless performance - shot great, felt great. I took some rifled slugs but didn't shoot them, because I wasn't sure the gun was configured right. Do I use something like a full choke for these slugs, or is there a specific slug choke? Also, if I replace the 28" barrel with a shorter one (around-the-house work) with no choke tube threads, will that work for buck AND slugs?

[Kaybe]

Phantom, Welcome to the forum. Glad to hear that your gun runs great. The shorter barrel will work good with both buckshot and slugs. I assume your longer barrel is a smoothbore. If you shoot slugs out of it, take the tubes out. There are rifled choke tubes out there for shooting slugs out of a long barrel. If you shoot slugs that have the riflings on them, I wouldn't shoot with any type of tube. If they are the sabot kind, I might use a rifled tube at the end of the barrel. The general opinion is, sabot slug, use in a rifled bore or rifled tube, slug with riflings on it, go smooth all the way, no tube. Generally, your shorter barrel will have rifled sights on it for use with slugs. I'm not sure of Mossberg, but the Remington is that way. There are those around here with greater experience in shotgun slugs and such than me. Please feel free to correct if wrong.

What type of slugs do you have?

[Phantom76239]

Yes, my 28" barrel is smoothbore. I will most likely reserve that one for field and range work, and swap it out for the shorty when it gets home. I don't remember if it was on this forum or in the manual for my shotgun, but I read somewhere that shooting slugs with no tube screwed in will muck up the tube threads in the barrel, hence I think I will keep a tube in place on the short barrel if it has threads. I got rifled slugs in anticipation of keeping both bores smoothies.

[jashoffa]

Never ever, ever, ever shoot a shotgun with removable chokes without a choke installed. If you are shooting a foster or rifled slug use the most open choke you have available. Chokes in order of most open to tighest are Cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, improved modified, full and extra full (sometimes called a turkey choke). I may have missed some intermidiate chokes in there but that is the most common ones I can think of off the top of my head. Most short barrels (18'' or 20'') are fixed cylinder bores. Fixed chokes in longer barrels could be modified or full. Most double barrels with fixed chokes have one modified and one full.

[samuel]

Quote:       Originally Posted by jashoffa

Never ever, ever, ever shoot a shotgun with removable chokes without a choke installed. If you are shooting a foster or rifled slug use the most open choke you have available. Chokes in order of most open to tighest are Cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, improved modified, full and extra full (sometimes called a turkey choke). I may have missed some intermidiate chokes in there but that is the most common ones I can think of off the top of my head. Most short barrels (18'' or 20'') are fixed cylinder bores. Fixed chokes in longer barrels could be modified or full. Most double barrels with fixed chokes have one modified and one full.

A barrel without the choke installed is larger than the bore and consequently no danger.On the other hand,a loose choke exposes threads that are cut into the barrel making it thinner in that spot and weaker.And yet the projectile must go through a restriction,actually causing higher pressures. You would be much better off with no choke in place than a loose choke. ,,,sam.

[FortyXDM]

Unless I missed it, I cannot believe my brethren here on G&G failed to mention the Browning BPS. My son shoots one in 20 ga and loves it. He is every bit as quick on a covey rise as someone with an auto. Further, once a pump is "learned", the act of throwing the forearm forward can become an aid to getting "ON" the next bird.